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Rock Creek Park Golf Course (also known as Rock Creek Golf Course) is a golf course located in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The entire course lies within Rock Creek Park, a national park owned and maintained by the National Park Service division of the United States Department of the Interior. The course is located at the intersection of 16th Street NW and Rittenhouse Street NW. The course is bordered by Military Road NW in the south, Rock Creek and Beach Drive NW on the west, Sherrill Drive NW on the north, and 16th Street NW in the east. Walter Reed Army Medical Center is immediately to the northwest. Rock Creek Park Golf Course is one of three golf courses in Washington, D.C., all of which are owned by the National Park Service. The other two are East Potomac Park Golf Course and Langston Golf Course. ==Course description== Rock Creek Golf Course is known as a challenging course.〔 The front nine holes are short par 4s and long par 3s, although the broad fairways have some elevation differences.〔〔Karlin and St. Louis, ''Washington, D.C.,'' 2010, p. 199.〕 The fairways of the back nine are tight, with dense deciduous woods on either side. Elevation changes on the back nine are even more significant, and many of the greens are quite small.〔〔Sehlinger, Surkiewicz, and Zibart, ''The Unofficial Guide to Washington, D.C.,'' 1994, p. 188.〕〔 ''The Washington Post'' described the course one way in 1999:〔"Rock Creek's Back Nine: A Steep Challenge," ''Washington Post,'' June 20, 1999.〕 :Want a unique, virtually free, profoundly humbling golf experience? Try the back nine at Rock Creek Golf Club. Rock Creek is one of two remaining public golf courses in the city, not as well known as East Potomac Park perhaps, but unforgettable once you've scrambled up the precipitous slopes in the shadow of towering trees, dodged deer and leaped deep ravines in a single bound. And that's in the fairway. The front nine is so wide open it's boring. The backside seems to have been designed by a mountain goat. Not a flat lie in the place, but one spectacular vista after another, not to mention almost comically devious golfing challenges. Services at the course include a large putting green, snack bar, and golf school.〔Thompson, ''National Geographic Traveler: Washington, D.C.,'' 2008, p. 263.〕 Players have criticized the maintenance of the course in the past. However, at least one reviewer says that Rock Creek's "weedy fairways, shaggy greens, 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rock Creek Park Golf Course」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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